Ivan Salečić: LION HOUSE
Festival Drama Ensamble
Ivan Salečić: Lion House
Directed by: Aida Bukvić
Dramaturge and adaptation: Marijana Fumić
Set design: Ivo Knezović
Costume design: Mirjana Zagorec
Lighting designer: Martin Šatović
Composer: Maro Market
Stage movement: Blaženka Kovač-Carić
Cast: Amar Bukvić, Iva Kraljević, Jadranka Đokić, Dražen Šivak, Borko Perić, Maro Martinović, Doris Šarić-Kukuljica, Romano Nikolić, Marin Klišmanić, Glorija Dubelj
The second premiere at the 72nd Dubrovnik Summer Festival portrays Dubrovnik as a place where burdened history and burlesque transition clash. It is based on Ivan Salečić’s debut novel ‘Lion House’, in which the author intertwines two stories about Dubrovnik’s present and past, focusing on the Gundulić family history. Salečić created a unique novel in which fiction and faction coexist and our ideas about the glorious past are broken against the harsh reality of everyday life. The present-day bitter-humorous complications surrounding the purchase and restoration of an apartment in the historic city core are complemented with an interesting and engaging history of Dubrovnik, above which looms the grim fate of the Great Earthquake. The play, that will be performed on the playground under the Minčeta Fort, is directed by the renowned Croatian director Aida Bukvić and this will be her directing debut at the Dubrovnik Summer Festival.
